Improvement in faem gates



WILLIAM MCGUIRE, OF CHESS SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 81,521, dated August 25, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARM GATES.

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Be it known thatI, WILLIAM McGUinE, of Chess Springs, in the countyof Cambria, and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful' Improvements in Farm-Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making apart of this specification, in which' Figurel represents a slide elevation of a'single gate.

Figure 2 is a section through rst paling, marked D', fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a face view ef front post marked G.

Figure 4- is a. side elevation of a double-tip gate Figure` 5 is a sectional view of niain post A.

The nature of my invention has reference to that class of tip or weight-gates having a parallel movement of the horizontal-bars, and consists in suoli a construction and arrangement of the diierent parts as will allow the gateto stand perpendicular, or-` nearly so, when fully opened; and also in the application of a device by Awhich the gate may be made to rest rigidly at any desired height from the grou-nd, for the purpose of allowing small cattle to pass through, de. y

In tlic drawings,A represents the main post of the gate, provided with a suitable slot, A', for the working of the gate, and within which the horizontalbars B E are pivoted by the bolts C C' passing through the post A.

D are the palings of the' gate, pivoted obliquely to the bars B B', and alternating as shown. D'sliows a perpendicular paling pivoted to the upper horizontal bar B, and provided with a vertical' slot, E, at its lower end, working on the extended pivotj` of the first oblique paling. The said pivot terminating in a screw, holds a nut,f, by turning which, the movement of the perpendicular paling is prevented, and alsothe other palin'gs, and the gate kept from moving upwards or downwards from any desired position. Gry is the front post ot' the gate, to whichit is locked when closed, being provided with suitable slots g g for the reception ofthe horizontal bars B B', and a bolt, li, or equivalent, to which a padlock may be attached. bis a sliding latch, fitting in the holes b ofthe postG. i

It will be perceived that the main post A is placed in the ground or sill, in a slightly-inclined position, in order to allow the gate to be tipped as high as may be necessary, the weight K being made in the triangular form shown, so as to it closely and evenly against the back ofthe post A.-

The front of the post A is cut or shaped obliquely, so 'as to be parallel with the palings D, allowing the end 'paling to rest thereon when the gate is fully opened.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- A 'Ihe paling D', provided with the slot E, in combination with the bolt or pivot f and nutf', substantially asand for the purpose herein specified.

WILLiAM MGGUIRE.

Witnesses: p

ASAHEL Bnoolis, M. D. WAGNER. 

